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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18

Boil grapes very soft, strain them
through sieve, weigh the pulp thus
obtained and put pound of crushed
sugar to pound of pulp, boil it twenty
minutes. stirring it often. The COM
mon Wild grape is much the best.
PINEAPPLE PRESERVES WITHOUT ROLL
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18

haired, with boys brimless hat on her
head. She asks no favor of sex, but
Jumps on the train at full speed, slips
through the conductors OBTAINING grasp,
hides under the steps of omnibuSes and
gives back cuffs and gibes with a venom
that would not disgrace the nObleSt
work of the Creator. The people in the
street car tell number of stories about
her, that she supports her drunken
mother, is an orphan with one lit
tie crippled brother, who lives down
in Blocker street in a dark cellar, but
it is impossible to get at the truth of
our sympathy is excited. A very benev-
garb tried to solve the problem by
stOpp ng the car last week, and saying,
init must be Acknowledgements very
Young WOman's Christian association
tone: MY child, what is your name
and who are your parentS"' MY
name," replied this young person with
the rusty knees and torn hat, lis Mrs.
Lily Langtry, and my parents are at.
tending to their business and maxim
their fOrtin' at it, if you please. New
York Letter to the Hartford COurant.
LIBERAL CHRISTIANITY.
Boston Gazette.
JonllHy, Sdlu Illo Dunudy oo.ooi
teacher, what is our duty to our neigh
borS?" $40 ask 'em to tea soon as they
get settled" said Johnny.
QUOD Frat DEMONSTRATION.
Elmira Gazette.
Mamma" what is color-blind?''
asked little Nell. Inability to tell one
color from another, my dear" 'Then
L guess the man that made my geog-
raphy is color-blind, because he's got
Greenland down painted yellow.
1,I,l DE. r.I a LION
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18

New York Evening Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
Earned "A Necklace.

AS 1 am writing of women, says a
Paris letter, let me record what one of
the sex once did to become the owner
of almond necklace.
At the sale of the crown Jewels the
other day the valuable gems worn by
the Princ ess y, one of the leaders in
the Russian colony here, were the sub
ject of general remark. TO some friend
who complmented her on the magnifi-
cence of her "parure" the "grande
dame" replied:
at cost me ten months imprison-
ment."
And this was the explanation. The
princess limits her expenditure for Jew
elry to 100000 francs per annum. One
day n jeweler presented himself at her
residence and offered to sell her this
superb necklace.
How much?'
1.-TWO hundred and fifty thousand
francs"
"A great deal, and more than 1 now
have
The willy tradesman was about leav-
ing when the lady recalled him.
Gould you keep it for me for ten
months?"
The owner Of the necklace asked
nothing better, and the bargain was
concluded.
The princess Immediately retired to
a convent, and for ten months was
dead to the world" In consequence
she spent nothing for dress, and en-
ployed her savings in the purchase of
the coveted Jewels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
Timely Domestic Hints.

If You are troubled with weak eyes
never sift ashes while facing the wind I;
get your wife to do it, or wait till the
wind shifts TO another quarter A
cheap boy may be Ii red for fifty cents
n day to pull weeds, but it costs dol
lar extra to pay man to watch the
boy. He is wise man who, instead of
driving his neighbours hens out of the
door-yard with fusillade OF old boots,
cobble-stones and profanity, fixes up a
snug place for them to lay in. 1 he
prudent man never buys patent medi-
cines unless he sees them advertised in
q religious paper. Such medicees may
be taken with perfect safety. ! he ed
itor is q good man and tests the virtue
of the nostrums Mt the risk of his life
for the benefit of advertisers, always
taking out his pay for advertising in
sample cases. If you are living be-
yond your means it is best to ignore
the fact. Brooding over such tritles
causes man to worry, and worry kills
more people than work.-Tid- BITS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
a Russian Mobiles Three Robbins.

1t will be remembered that the sub
mis- ion o. the Merv Turcomans was
gained by help of the famous Moscow
merchant kouschine, who sent his So
called trading caravan into Merv in
charge of Alikhanoff and other officers
in disguise For the great services
then rendered this pioneer of Russian
conquests in Central Asia has been re-
warded with a patent of hereditary no.
bility. His firm is we'll known for it's
manufacture of cheap and highly col
ored cotton prints for the Asiatic mar
ket, and the arms now granted to him
and his descendants display three bob
bins, indicating the means of his eleva-
ton to rank and fortune. Precisely the
same caravan tricks, / am assured, are
now tried in Afghan Turkestan and by
exactly the same persons. This Moscow
house is full of enterprise, and being
backed by the Government, with priv
ileges over the Transcaspian Railway
and elsewhere, of course sticks at moth
ing. Last February its politico-com-
mercial caravans introduced Moscow
goods into the bazars of Herat under
our very eyes.-LOndO11 Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
BEGINNING OF His Prosperity.

An Alabam an, who is worth 500, 600
to-day, was asked by Western ex-
change how he got his start when the
war closed. 90 you mean what was
the first thing L did?' he replied.
yes" well, l headed across the
country for Selma When L got with
in ten miles of the town / stopped at
house for dinner. lt was place
owned by an old chap who did heap
of blowing to egg the Confederacy on,
but he had not gone to war himself.
He wanted to charge me a dollar
greenback for the meal. / offered him
$4,000 in Confederate money. He
got mad, aid 1 said: Here, old man,
is the money you helped to make, and
Pm carrying around two bullets shot
into me in the war you helped to bring
on. Now, come out here! He came
out. and / set to and gave him the
worst licking an old fre-ester ever got,
and when he hollered enough threw
the money into the fire and walked off.
That's the first thing l did after the
war, and that's what / date my pros
perity FROM"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
A Prince in Disguise.

A foreign prince staying in Paris
made heavy bet with member of
the Imperial Club that he-the prince
would, in the course of the next two
hours, be arrested by the police with
out committing any offense or pro-
voking the authorities in any fashion.
The way he won his wager was by
dressing himself in tattered old
blouse, pair of moldy boots, full Of
holes, and disreputable burlesque of
a hat. Thus attired, he walked up to
one of the most aristocratic cafes in
Paris, aud seating himself ut a table he
called for a cup of chocolate. The
waiter, as was natural, did not care
about serving so MISUNDERSTANDING a
customer before he was assured that
payment would be forthcoming, so he
told the prince that he must pay in adj
vance. Upon this his highness pulled
a bundle of bank-notes out OF his peck
ct and, picking out one of considerable
value, told him to take the price of the
coffee out of il and bring back the
change. The man Immediately went
in search of the proprietor of the cafe,
who. when he heard the facts of the
case. ordered the coffee to be served,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
The Old Folks at Home,

Or elsewhere, need tonic now and then to sus-
tain them under growing inirmities. No safer
or more thorough invigorant for age and tho
delicate can be found than Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, n seasonable medicine in those ail-
ments Of commonest occurence-liver COM
plant. indigestion and bowel disorders; pure
botanic safeguard against malaria, and a reli-
able means of counteracting rheumatism. To
the convalescent, il is valuable aid in the
recovery OF strength, and TO the debilitated,
nervous invalid it yields tranquil slumber and
renewed appette-two prime factors in the
re toration of vigor. Being OF purely botanic
origin, il is FREQ from those objections urged
against mineral remedies difficult or impossible
of assimilation by the system, and which inn
pair the tone of the stomach, which the Bitters,
on the contrary, strengthens and regulates. 1t
is Endorsed md prescribed by the medical fra
ternity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
Rel Heads and White Horses.

The red-headed girl and white horse
superstition has taken deep hold in
Chicago, and lots of people In that sci
entiic city now assert that whenever
you see one of the beacon topped dam
sells out of doors an albino equine will
not be far of. One realistic fellow says
at is a phenomenon that, in my opin-
ion, is easily explained 10y the fact that
white horses are more common than
girls with red hair, and a person can
hardly look anywhere on the streets
without seeing white horse, and he
may look a long time for n redhaired
girl. 1t Is to be hoped that this sub
ject will not arouse public attention to
such an extent that the poor lassies
who had not the choosing of color for
their hair will be compelled to dis
guise themselves with wigs or remain
indoors until the excitement has sub
sided"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03

THE ivory for knives is sawed by re-
ciprocating saws, fed with water, and
is then exposed for several DAYS to the
sunlight, under glass to bleach it. The
handles are weighted by means of a
piece of lead wire inside of them, and
the hole in which the wire and the
tang of the blade are placed is lined
with cement, to prevent the dark metal
from showing through the semi-trans-
parent ivory. Before the handles re-
ceive their final finish they are smoked.
and scraper is run over them and de-
tects any 81 ght depressions. They are
finished with whiting on soft felt
wheels.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03

and at the same time sent to the nearest
police station for a sergent de vile.
The prince was of course arrested and
taken before a commissary of police.
He announced his rank and told his
reasons for assuming such an unprincely
costume. The authorities were OBJ
durate at first, but finally they con
scented to send the prince under escort
to the Imperial Club. where the gen.
tleman with whom the bet had been
made proved his identity and paid his
highness the money he had fairly won.
Manchester Guardian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
The Toothsome Caramel.

Although so many of our pleasantest
things come from France, the caramel
is an American invention of not quite a
dozen years standing. 1t was not
known in Europe till about six years
ago; and it is now made there by
only one firm of confectioners Lon
don house. A pint of cream to three
pounds of sugar will make a goodly
quantity, boiled together, and the fla
voring, of whatever desired nature,
added when it reaches go degrees
Fahrenheit. Pour out the mixture
then on fat dishes to cool, and as it be-
g ms to "set," which is very soon, cut il
into little blocks with sharp blade
dipped in cold water. These will be
good for some time. and are about as
innocent CONNECTION as there is to be
found.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03

The Emperor is by law entitled to
seven concubines. and he may fill his
harem with any number of illegal
concubines. No degradation attaches
TO this relation in the imperial palace.
Indeed, it is q place to which any
Manchu lady of the requisite rank is
proud to aspire. If an inmate of the
narem she may be tonie the mother OF
an Emperor, as the throne doesn't de-
scend to any particular son OF the
ruler, but it is his custom to name as
his successor any male member of his
family of a younger generation than
himself whom he wishes to leave as his
heir. There are other possible results
of life in the imperial harem that in
duces ambitious young women to re-
gard admittance to its exclusive circles
as highly desirable. When any of the
illegal concubines give birth to son her
status is legitimatized and she becomes
princess of the blood" and sharer
thereafter in the fortunes of her boy,
who, if he does not become an Emper-
or, has exceptional opportunities for a
brilliant career.
All the young ladies who do not pre-
sent the Emperor with son or daugh-
ter by the time they are twenty-five
years old are returned 10 the homes of
their parents. No stain attaches to
their characters. In fact, they
are regarded as persons of dis
tinction and they are eagerly
sought in marriage by gentle
men of their own rank. OF course,
they are all beautiful women, for no
others are admitted to the Emperor's
seraglio. Every three years the harem
is in this sense weeded out, and then
opportunity is Afforded for other ten
der maidens in their teens to undergo
the ordeal OF the competitive examina-
ton, which appears to be as prominent
feature of the love affairs of his Ma
jesty as OF the Chinese civil service.
Indeed, the manner of filling and man
aging the imperial harem has changed
very little since the time, over six hun
dred years ago, when Marco Polo
wrote his graphic description of the
domestic life of Kubial Khan, the
great Mogul Emperor, who magnih-
Gently adorned the very grounds in
Pekin where the present Emperor re-
sides. Polos figures were rather tall
but the number of court attaches prob
ably exceeded that of to-day, though
Kwanh Su has an army of 5000 eu-
nuchs now within his walls.
Marco Polo wrote that kubial Khan
had four legitimate consorts and each
Empress had not less than 10000 per-
sons attached to her court. Every year
100 of the most beautiful Tartar maid
ems who could be found were brought
from far and near to the palace and a
committee of elderly ladies passed
Judgment on them. Those who were
of approved beauty, good and sound in
all respects, were appointed to wait
upon the Emperor by skies, each squad
of beauties serving three days, when il
was relieved by another detachment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
The Huns.

The Huns were people of Northern
As q, who, in the fifth century, invaded
and conquered great part of Europe.
They were probably of Monaghan or
Tartar stock, and the theory generally
adopted by historians is that the Huns
were directly descended from the Hi
ong-nou, whose ancient seat was an eX-
tensive and barren territory north of
the great wall of China. These people
so oyerran the Chinese about 200 Is. &.
that the great wall was built to keep
them out. Their power was broken by
subsequent wars with the Oh nese, in
which the latter, under the valiant
Emperor Vou-ti, were successful.
After this they were engaged i'll conflict
with another powerful nomadic tribe
of Northern Asia, and were SO reduced
in strength and shortened in supplies
that they divided their numbers and
some 30. 900 migrated to the east shore
of the Caspian ca, where they settled
and became known as the white
Huns" Later the ma body of the
nation moved westward and settled on
the shores of the Volg'. In the third
century they crossed the river and in
vaded the territory of the Alani, pas
toral people living between the Volga
and Don Rivers, conquered the
race, and united it with them
selves. In the following century. we
t;nd the combined nations invading the
dominion of the Cloths, which then e.
tended from the Baltic to the Euxine
1 he invaders were successful, and what
was left of the conquered Gothic ma
ton was forced to seek an asylum with
in the bounds of the Roman Empire.
The Huns settled on the banks of the
Don and the Dneiper, soon became in
VOWED in war with the Romans, and in
the fifth century, under Attila, attained
a high degree OF power, and included
or governed all the tribes from the
Volga to the Rhine. Attila also seized
the territory south of the Danube,
crossed the Rhine, and threatened the
existence of the Frankish Empire. The
Franks called the Romans to their aid,
and at Chalons-surM Marine was fought in
June, 45l, the bloodiest battle known
to European history, in which the Huns
were defeated. httila's army is said to
have been 700, 900 strong, and probably
INC III illico uiilSu "S"ihSO hiIh ubSiO
ted nearly as large force. But the
Hunnish Empire, after Attila's death,
fell to pieces, and the people them
selves were swallowed up by other
| tribes. Historians are not agreed or
the question whether the modern Hun.
garians or Magyars ale descendant;
from the race of the Huns or not. The
White Huns OF the Caspian shore, a
about the time the other part of the
tribe was invading Europe, spread
themselves over all of Eastern / ersii
and the Indian border. Roman histo
rians describe the Huns as hideous in APP
pearance, with broad shoulders, fla
noses, and small black ewes, deeply
buried In the head. Hideous legend,
were coined concerning their ancestry
ascribing it to the union of the witche.
of Scythia with Internal sp rts, ant
such was the terror inspired by the re
pulsive appearance and savage manner
of the barbarous race that these tale
were readily believed. Inter ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
The PestifcrOus " BOne-Hunter."

Among the curiosities of legislative
life are the "bone-hunters, who skulk
about like camp-followers to pick up
neg ected trihes, do chores" for any
body and everybody, and then exc out
living at cheap boarding house.
Some of these fellows have won repu-
tations for boldness and offensiveness.
They know members of both houses by
their Christian names. slap them famil-
iarly on the ba k and say, "How are
you, Tom?" These fellows can't be
snubbed. They always want to know
what is going on, and the, never hest
tate to intrude upon a party of gentle
men in conversation without so much
as saying "by your leave" if the inn
pulse to intrude seizes them. One
very curious specimen of hanger-on is
the man who makes business of puff
ing members. He comes usually in
the guise OF a reporter, representing
that he writes for some obscure Jour
nal. In all probab lily he wears who, e
clothes, may be past middle age, and
perhaps dyes q tuft of beard that ought
honestly to be gray. Having induced
the doorkeeper to pass him upon the
floor, he hovers about with a pretense
of being busy. after he has been
about for week or two, members will
receive envelopes inclosing printed
slips clipped from newspapers, usually
country journals like the Bungto,cn
Erhorter. Take one of these for ex-
ample. At the top it will be written,
Compliments of A. ID. Ling" and
then will follow gushing paragraph,
all praise, but prepared with little re-
gard to grammar or photography, facts
or common sense. The creature who
sends his compliments will call upon
the honored member in a day or two to
ask that he will lend him So or SO,
lust for a few days to make up an un-
expected deficiency" Men who are
easily fattered, who feel grateful to
have their names mentioned in terms
of vulgar praise, lend the money and
never ask to have it returned. -NeU
York Granite.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
lABHAT
Ais
YOU?

DO you feel dull. languid, low-spiritcd, iifo-
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ing. tongue coated. bitter or bad taste In
mouth, irregular appetite dizziness frequent
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alternating with chilly sensations sharp.
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Understandable feeling OF dread, or OF impend-
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OF these symptoms, you are suffering from
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
Prof. Loisette's Memory Discovery.

No doubt can be entertained about the value
and genuineless of Prof. Losette's Memory
System, as it is so strongly recommended by
Mark Twain, Mr.. Proctor, Hons. W. W. Astor
Judah 7. Benjamin, DIR. Buckley, and others
For full details send FOR Prof LIS prospectus
at 237 Fifth Ave, New York. From it the Sys-
tenn is taught by correspondence gu te as well
az by personal instruction. Colleges near New
York have secured his lectures. He has had
100 Columbia Law students, two classes of 20J
each at Yale, 20 at Merldeu, 2JJ at Norwich
400 at Welesley College and 400 at University
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03

ScARys and neckties of metal are
new German invention. Gold, plati-
mum, and silver strips are welded, af-
ter the mosaic style, upon a metal
ground prepared by the incandescent
process, then compressed by means of
powerful presses, and finally elongat-
ed by rolling into long sheets or strips.
The colors are yellow, red, green,
white, gray, and black, and the scarfs,
being indestructible, are considered of
practical value.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
That's. the Right Place to Send 1t.

The Star of Bethlehem has been re-
discovered in kentucky. Well, quite
likely, quite likely; that's the State
where they need it. The first time it
was discovered Kentucky was off some
where at a Rowan County hangin', or
something of that sort, aud didn't get
any good of it. Now, if Professor
Klein really has discovered it again,
just all the rest of the world stand
back and let Kentucky have it all to
herself; there won't be more than
enough of it to 60 around, even then.
-Burdette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
The Lion and tho Lamb.

Moxe and the rumsellers are friends at last
1t was thought il would injure their trade.
Now they are making most money on 10 and
do no harm, while the old drinker prefers It
Thank God that il bids highest on the liquor
dealers pocket
The American people have grown 10 be the
mort nervous aud intellectual people IN the
world 1t Is quite lucky that the M0xie Nerve
Food has come along Ia sustain 10th Ii bids
lair TO bc the malnstsy of the oyer-wOrked
rect.fy the effects OF dissipation. Druggists
all
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-03
An ImpOrtant Arrest.

The arrest of suspicious character upon
his general appearance. movements, or COM
panionship, without waiting until he has
robbed a traveller, fired IA house, or murdered
fel,ow man, is an important func ION OF a
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arrest OF a discss wnicl II not checked, will
blight AMI destroy humtn life. The frequent
cough, loss OF appetite. general languJr or
debility, paliid sA,n, and bodily aches and
PAM, announce the approach Of pulmonary
con. umpuon, VIII ch is promptly arrested and
permanently cured Ly DR. pierce's Golden
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